Civil rights activists are seeking to draw attention to an 1882 rape that ended with the Black teenage victim dying in prison, her white attacker dead and three men lynched.
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Civil rights activists are pushing for a memorial marker for Margaret Vinegar, a 14-year-old Black girl who in 1882 was imprisoned on claims she lured her White rapist into a robbery.